The world loves to blame ABBA for all ills of this world when man claims he is ruler of this world. Man fights against statues of ABBA by creating his own laws that benefit himself.
[h=1]2 Esdras 7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)[/h]19 He said to me, “You are not a better judge than the Lord,[a] or wiser than the Most High! 20 Let many perish who are now living, rather than that the law of God that is set before them be disregarded! 21 For the Lord[b] strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.22 Nevertheless they were not obedient, and spoke against him;
they devised for themselves vain thoughts,
23 and proposed to themselves wicked frauds;
they even declared that the Most High does not exist,
and they ignored his ways.
24 They scorned his law,
and denied his covenants;
they have been unfaithful to his statutes,
and have not performed his works.
25 [FONT=Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]That is the reason, Ezra, that empty things are for the empty, and full things are for the full[/FONT].
IMMORALITY IS DESTROYING NATIONS!
[h=3]Only a Few Will Be Saved[/h]47 And now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many. 48 For an evil heart has grown up in us, which has alienated us from God,[m] and has brought us into corruption and the ways of death, and has shown us the paths of perdition and removed us far from life—and that not merely for a few but for almost all who have been created.”
There Is Hope for Believers!
18 The righteous, therefore, can endure difficult circumstances while hoping for easier ones; but those who have done wickedly have suffered the difficult circumstances and will never see the easier ones.”
59 He answered me and said, “Consider within yourself[p] what you have thought, for the person who has what is hard to get rejoices more than the person who has what is plentiful. 60 So also will be the judgment[q] that I have promised; for I will rejoice over the few who shall be saved, because it is they who have made my glory to prevail now, and through them my name has now been honored.
[h=3]Ezra Appeals to God’s Mercy[/h]62 132 I answered and said, “I know, O Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, because he has mercy on those who have not yet come into the world; 63 133 and gracious, because he is gracious to those who turn in repentance to his law; 64 134 and patient, because he shows patience toward those who have sinned, since they are his own creatures; 65 135 and bountiful, because he would rather give than take away;[ak] 66 136 and abundant in compassion, because he makes his compassions abound more and more to those now living and to those who are gone and to those yet to come—67 137 for if he did not make them abound, the world with those who inhabit it would not have life— 68 138 and he is called the giver, because if he did not give out of his goodness so that those who have committed iniquities might be relieved of them, not one ten-thousandth of humankind could have life;69 139 and the judge, because if he did not pardon those who were created by his word and blot out the multitude of their sins,[al] 70 140 there would probably be left only very few of the innumerable multitude.”
[h=1]2 Esdras 7 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)[/h]19 He said to me, “You are not a better judge than the Lord,[a] or wiser than the Most High! 20 Let many perish who are now living, rather than that the law of God that is set before them be disregarded! 21 For the Lord[b] strictly commanded those who came into the world, when they came, what they should do to live, and what they should observe to avoid punishment.22 Nevertheless they were not obedient, and spoke against him;
they devised for themselves vain thoughts,
23 and proposed to themselves wicked frauds;
they even declared that the Most High does not exist,
and they ignored his ways.
24 They scorned his law,
and denied his covenants;
they have been unfaithful to his statutes,
and have not performed his works.
25 [FONT=Helvetica Neue, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif]That is the reason, Ezra, that empty things are for the empty, and full things are for the full[/FONT].
IMMORALITY IS DESTROYING NATIONS!
[h=3]Only a Few Will Be Saved[/h]47 And now I see that the world to come will bring delight to few, but torments to many. 48 For an evil heart has grown up in us, which has alienated us from God,[m] and has brought us into corruption and the ways of death, and has shown us the paths of perdition and removed us far from life—and that not merely for a few but for almost all who have been created.”
There Is Hope for Believers!
18 The righteous, therefore, can endure difficult circumstances while hoping for easier ones; but those who have done wickedly have suffered the difficult circumstances and will never see the easier ones.”
59 He answered me and said, “Consider within yourself[p] what you have thought, for the person who has what is hard to get rejoices more than the person who has what is plentiful. 60 So also will be the judgment[q] that I have promised; for I will rejoice over the few who shall be saved, because it is they who have made my glory to prevail now, and through them my name has now been honored.
[h=3]Ezra Appeals to God’s Mercy[/h]62 132 I answered and said, “I know, O Lord, that the Most High is now called merciful, because he has mercy on those who have not yet come into the world; 63 133 and gracious, because he is gracious to those who turn in repentance to his law; 64 134 and patient, because he shows patience toward those who have sinned, since they are his own creatures; 65 135 and bountiful, because he would rather give than take away;[ak] 66 136 and abundant in compassion, because he makes his compassions abound more and more to those now living and to those who are gone and to those yet to come—67 137 for if he did not make them abound, the world with those who inhabit it would not have life— 68 138 and he is called the giver, because if he did not give out of his goodness so that those who have committed iniquities might be relieved of them, not one ten-thousandth of humankind could have life;69 139 and the judge, because if he did not pardon those who were created by his word and blot out the multitude of their sins,[al] 70 140 there would probably be left only very few of the innumerable multitude.”